Lent is a 40-day season of prayer, fasting and giving, held in preparation for the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus. Lent is 40 days long to represent the 40 days that Jesus spent fasting and ...

In it we read about how Satan aggressively but unsuccessfully tempted Jesus in the desert. The first temptation took advantage of Jesus’ hunger. With the Lord having fasted for 40 days, Satan knew ...

Lent is 40 days to represent the 40 days that Jesus spent fasting and praying in the desert before starting his own public ministry. Where do the ashes smudged on worshipers' foreheads come from?

Today is Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, Christianity's 40-day season of prayer and fasting leading up to Jesus ...

Perhaps Jesus’ 40 days in the desert for preparation for his public ministry was the 325 AD model. Matthew 4:1-2 reads, “Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted ...

Prayer and almsgiving are also important parts of the Lenten season. Ash Wednesday marks the start of Lent, so it also falls ...

This represents the 40 days that Jesus spent fasting and praying in the desert before starting his public ministry. During Lent, many believers give up certain luxuries — such as sweets ...

The tradition of the 40-day season comes from a story out of the Gospels in the Bible, when Jesus fasted and resisted temptation in the desert for 40 days and 40 nights. In memory of Jesus ...

Lent's 40 days represents the 40 days that Jesus spent fasting and praying in the desert before starting his public ministry. Fasting during Lent represents the fasting Jesus did while in the desert.

The 40 days of Lent represent the time Jesus spent fasting in the desert. This year, Ash Wednesday falls on March 5, a later date than usual. Fat Tuesday, aka Mardi Gras, is over, which means it's ...